Journey to the centre of the earth

Chapter (2)
(Mystery solved)
1# what did axel try to do?- He tried every combination of letters to read the message,but they didn't give any sense.
2# Who broke the secret code? how?
- Axel broke the secret code by accident. It was hot while he was fanning himself with the parchment he could read Latin words in the back of the parchment at the surface of the window.


3# How was axel after reading the parchment?
- He was frightened and he couldn't move.


4# What did he decide to do? Why?
- He decided to burn the parchment to prevent his uncle from reading it and doing that dangerous journey.
5# Why couldn't axel burn the parchment?
- Because lidenbrock came in suddenly


6# Why was axel against that journey?
- because he believed it was dangerous journey, because the centre of the earth is very hot.
7# Why did axel change his mind about telling his uncle about the secret message?
- Because he felt sorry for his uncle, who stopped eating and sleeping until his eyes became red, and because he was sure that he could stop his uncle from doing that journey.


8# What was the secret message?
- '' Go down into the crater of sneffels, which the shadow of scartaris touches before July. Then you will reach the centre of the earth. I have done this Arne saknussemm.


9# What did lidenbrock do when he read the secret message?
- He gave a great cry of happiness and jumped to his feet, so all the books flew every where.


10# What did professor lidenbrock decide to do?
- to pack their boxes to start that journey


11# What did lidenbrock ask axel to bring? Why?
- The atlas, to show him the places in the message on the map.


12# Why did axel believe it was impossible to go to the centre of the earth?
- Because he believed it was very hot and no one can go there and come back alive, but lidenbrock told him that scientist should go to see facts themselves.


13# What was sneffels?
- an extinct volcano, it hadn't erupted since 1229 it was a mountain about 2000 metres high, it had many craters but one of them leads to the centre of the earth, which the shadow of scartaris touches before July.